Development

Southeast Asia: The Global Land Rush’s Overlooked Ground Zero

April 24, 2013 by Michael Kugelman
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It’s high time to stop referring to farmland deals exclusively as an “African land grab.” It’s an Asian story as well as an African one.

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Rio Struggles to Prepare for the World Cup

April 17, 2013 by Jim Shyne
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Rio de Janeiro has come a long way in recent years but corruption, violent crime, and police brutality remain major problems as the city prepares to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.

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Displacement: Colombia’s Inescapable Burden?

April 1, 2013 by David Sussman
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Colombia has experienced marked improvements to its internal security situation in recent years, but even as the conflict subsides, rural communities continue to face significant displacement pressures. Once caused by civil war and insurgency, these pressures are now more likely to come from foreign investment and development projects, as they have in neighboring Peru.

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Haiti Three Years After the Earthquake: An Interview with Jonathan M. Katz

March 25, 2013 by Jonathan M. Katz
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In a conversation with The Fletcher Forum, foreign correspondent Jonathan M. Katz reflects on the humanitarian efforts in post-quake Haiti, how they have largely failed, and what the international community can learn from these failures.

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After Iraq, the Premature Pivot: Why the Middle East Still Matters

March 22, 2013 by Bilal Baloch
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After nearly nine years of battle in Iraq, the United States seeks to wash it’s hands of the Middle East and pivot further east. But the region remains vitally important, both from an economic and geopolitical standpoint.

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World Peace through Entrepreneurship… But Only if You Fund It

March 13, 2013 by Steven Koltai
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Despite clear evidence of entrepreneurship’s benefits as a key driver of job creation and development, political officials and other stakeholders have failed to turn the idea of entrepreneurship as a foreign policy tool into a reality.

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